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- Vedda_language abstract "Vedda/væđđā/ is the language of the indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. But communities, such as Coast Veddas and Anuradhapura Veddas, that do not strictly identify themselves as Veddas also use the Vedda language in part for communication during hunting and or for religious chants, throughout the island.When a systematic field study was conducted in 1959, the language was confined to the older generation of Veddas from Dambana. In 1990s self-identifying Veddas knew few words and phrases in Vedda, but there were individuals who knew the language comprehensively. Initially there was considerable debate amongst linguists as to whether Vedda is a dialect of Sinhalese or an independent language. Later studies indicate that Vedda language is a creole which evolved from ancient times, when the Veddas came in contact with the early Sinhalese, from whom they increasingly borrowed words and synthetic features, yielding the cumulative effect that Vedda looked like Sinhalese in many particulars, but its grammatical core was still intact.The parent Vedda language(s) is of unknown genetic origins, while Sinhalese is of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European languages. Phonologically it is distinguished from Sinhalese by the higher frequency of palatal sounds C and J. The effect is also heightened by the addition of inanimate suffixes. Morphologically, the Vedda word classes are nouns, verbs and invariables, with unique gender distinctions in animate nouns. It has reduced and simplified many forms of Sinhalese such as second person pronouns and denotations of negative meanings. Instead borrowing new words from Sinhalese or other languages Vedda creates combinations of words from a limited lexical stock. Vedda also maintains many archaic Sinhalese terms from the 10th to 12th centuries, as a relict of its close contact with Sinhalese. Vedda also retains a number of unique words that cannot be derived from Sinhalese. Vedda has exerted a substratum influence in the formation of Sinhalese. This is evident by the presence of both lexical and structural elements in Sinhalese which cannot be traced to either Indo-Aryan or neighboring Dravidian languages.".
- Vedda_language iso6393Code "ved".
- Vedda_language languageFamily Sinhala_language.
- Vedda_language spokenIn Sri_Lanka.
- Vedda_language spokenIn Uva_Province.
- Vedda_language wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=dKhZmRQyxs0&NR=1.
- Vedda_language wikiPageID "19943831".
- Vedda_language wikiPageRevisionID "605444378".
- Vedda_language ethnicity "2500".
- Vedda_language extinct "?".
- Vedda_language fam "Sinhala-based creole".
- Vedda_language familycolor "Creole".
- Vedda_language hasPhotoCollection Vedda_language.
- Vedda_language iso "ved".
- Vedda_language name "Vedda".
- Vedda_language ref "e17".
- Vedda_language region Uva_Province.
- Vedda_language states Sri_Lanka.
- Vedda_language subject Category:Languages_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Vedda_language subject Category:Mixed_languages.
- Vedda_language subject Category:Pidgins_and_creoles.
- Vedda_language subject Category:Sinhala_language.
- Vedda_language subject Category:Vedda.
- Vedda_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Vedda_language type ArtificialLanguage106894544.
- Vedda_language type Communication100033020.
- Vedda_language type Language106282651.
- Vedda_language type LanguagesOfSriLanka.
- Vedda_language type MixedLanguages.
- Vedda_language type Pidgin106905680.
- Vedda_language type PidginsAndCreoles.
- Vedda_language type Language.
- Vedda_language type Language.
- Vedda_language type Language.
- Vedda_language type InformationEntity.
- Vedda_language comment "Vedda/væđđā/ is the language of the indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. But communities, such as Coast Veddas and Anuradhapura Veddas, that do not strictly identify themselves as Veddas also use the Vedda language in part for communication during hunting and or for religious chants, throughout the island.When a systematic field study was conducted in 1959, the language was confined to the older generation of Veddas from Dambana.".
- Vedda_language label "Vedda language".
- Vedda_language label "Ведда (язык)".
- Vedda_language sameAs m.02hwsdg.
- Vedda_language sameAs Q2567934.
- Vedda_language sameAs Q2567934.
- Vedda_language sameAs Vedda_language.
- Vedda_language wasDerivedFrom Vedda_language?oldid=605444378.
- Vedda_language isPrimaryTopicOf Vedda_language.
- Vedda_language name "Vedda".